ipfw [-acdefnNStT] [set N] {list | show} [rule | firstâlast ...]
ipfw [-f | -q] [set N] flush
ipfw [-q] [set N] {delete | zero | resetlog} [number ...]
ipfw enable
{firewall | altq | one_pass | debug | verbose | dyn_keepalive}
ipfw disable
{firewall | altq | one_pass | debug | verbose | dyn_keepalive}
ipfw set [disable number ...] [enable number ...]
ipfw set move [rule] number to number
ipfw set swap number number
ipfw set show
ipfw table number add addr[/masklen] [value]
ipfw table number delete addr[/masklen]
ipfw table {number | all} flush
ipfw table {number | all} list
ipfw {pipe | queue} number config configâoptions
ipfw [-s [field]] {pipe | queue} {delete | list | show} [number ...]
ipfw [-q] nat number config configâoptions
ipfw [-cfnNqS] [-p preproc [preprocâflags]] pathname
DESCRIPTION
The ipfw utility is the user interface for controlling the ipfw(4) fireâ
wall and the dummynet(4) traffic shaper in FreeBSD.
An ipfw configuration, or ruleset, is made of a list of rules numbered
from 1 to 65535. Packets are passed to ipfw from a number of different
places in the protocol stack (depending on the source and destination of
the packet, it is possible that ipfw is invoked multiple times on the
same packet). The packet passed to the firewall is compared against each
of the rules in the firewall ruleset. When a match is found, the action
corresponding to the matching rule is performed.
Depending on the action and certain system settings, packets can be reinâ
jected into the firewall at some rule after the matching one for further
processing.
An ipfw ruleset always includes a default rule (numbered 65535) which
cannot be modified or deleted, and matches all packets. The action assoâ
ciated with the default rule can be either deny or allow depending on how
the kernel is configured.
If the ruleset includes one or more rules with the keepââstate or limit
option, ipfw will have a stateful behaviour, i.e., upon a match it will
create dynamic rules matching the exact parameters (source and destinaâ
tion addresses and ports) of the matching packet.
These dynamic rules, which have a limited lifetime, are checked at the
Section SETS OF RULES for more information on sets.
Rules can be added with the add command; deleted individually or in
groups with the delete command, and globally (except those in set 31)
with the flush command; displayed, optionally with the content of the
counters, using the show and list commands. Finally, counters can be
reset with the zero and resetlog commands.
COMMAND OPTIONS
The following general options are available when invoking ipfw:
-a Show counter values when listing rules. The show command implies
this option.
-b Only show the action and the comment, not the body of a rule.
Implies -c.
-c When entering or showing rules, print them in compact form, i.e.,
omitting the "ip from any to any" string when this does not carry
any additional information.
-d When listing, show dynamic rules in addition to static ones.
-e When listing and -d is specified, also show expired dynamic
rules.
-f Do not ask for confirmation for commands that can cause problems
if misused, i.e. flush. If there is no tty associated with the
process, this is implied.
-i When listing a table (see the LOOKUP TABLES section below for
more information on lookup tables), format values as IP
addresses. By default, values are shown as integers.
-n Only check syntax of the command strings, without actually passâ
ing them to the kernel.
-N Try to resolve addresses and service names in output.
-q Be quiet when executing the add, nat, zero, resetlog or flush
commands; (implies -f). This is useful when updating rulesets by
executing multiple ipfw commands in a script (e.g.,
âsh /etc/rc.firewallâ), or by processing a file with many ipfw
rules across a remote login session. It also stops a table add
or delete from failing if the entry already exists or is not
present.
The reason why this option may be important is that for some of
these actions, ipfw may print a message; if the action results in
blocking the traffic to the remote client, the remote login sesâ
sion will be closed and the rest of the ruleset will not be proâ
cessed. Access to the console would then be required to recover.
To ease configuration, rules can be put into a file which is processed
using ipfw as shown in the last synopsis line. An absolute pathname must
be used. The file will be read line by line and applied as arguments to
the ipfw utility.
Optionally, a preprocessor can be specified using -p preproc where
pathname is to be piped through. Useful preprocessors include cpp(1) and
m4(1). If preproc does not start with a slash (â/â) as its first characâ
ter, the usual PATH name search is performed. Care should be taken with
this in environments where not all file systems are mounted (yet) by the
time ipfw is being run (e.g. when they are mounted over NFS). Once -p
has been specified, any additional arguments are passed on to the preâ
processor for interpretation. This allows for flexible configuration
files (like conditionalizing them on the local hostname) and the use of
macros to centralize frequently required arguments like IP addresses.
The ipfw pipe and queue commands are used to configure the traffic
shaper, as shown in the TRAFFIC SHAPER (DUMMYNET) CONFIGURATION Section
below.
If the world and the kernel get out of sync the ipfw ABI may break, preâ
venting you from being able to add any rules. This can adversely effect
the booting process. You can use ipfw disable firewall to temporarily
disable the firewall to regain access to the network, allowing you to fix
the problem.
PACKET FLOW
A packet is checked against the active ruleset in multiple places in the
protocol stack, under control of several sysctl variables. These places
and variables are shown below, and it is important to have this picture
in mind in order to design a correct ruleset.
^ to upper layers V
| |
+âââââââââââ>âââââââââââ+
^ V
[ip(6)_input] [ip(6)_output] net.inet(6).ip(6).fw.enable=1
| |
^ V
[ether_demux] [ether_output_frame] net.link.ether.ipfw=1
| |
+ââ>ââ[bdg_forward]ââ>ââ+ net.link.bridge.ipfw=1
^ V
| to devices |
As can be noted from the above picture, the number of times the same
packet goes through the firewall can vary between 0 and 4 depending on
packet source and destination, and system configuration.
Note that as packets flow through the stack, headers can be stripped or
added to it, and so they may or may not be available for inspection.
E.g., incoming packets will include the MAC header when ipfw is invoked
ipfw add 10 skipto 1000 all from any to any layer2 in
# packets from ip_input
ipfw add 10 skipto 2000 all from any to any not layer2 in
# packets from ip_output
ipfw add 10 skipto 3000 all from any to any not layer2 out
# packets from ether_output_frame
ipfw add 10 skipto 4000 all from any to any layer2 out
(yes, at the moment there is no way to differentiate between ether_demux
and bdg_forward).
SYNTAX
In general, each keyword or argument must be provided as a separate comâ
mand line argument, with no leading or trailing spaces. Keywords are
caseâsensitive, whereas arguments may or may not be caseâsensitive
depending on their nature (e.g. uidâs are, hostnames are not).
In ipfw2 you can introduce spaces after commas â,â to make the line more
readable. You can also put the entire command (including flags) into a
single argument. E.g., the following forms are equivalent:
ipfw âq add deny srcâip 10.0.0.0/24,127.0.0.1/8
ipfw âq add deny srcâip 10.0.0.0/24, 127.0.0.1/8
ipfw "âq add deny srcâip 10.0.0.0/24, 127.0.0.1/8"
RULE FORMAT
The format of ipfw rules is the following:
[rule_number] [set set_number] [prob match_probability] action
[log [logamount number]] [altq queue] [{tag | untag} number] body
where the body of the rule specifies which information is used for filâ
tering packets, among the following:
Layerâ2 header fields When available
IPv4 and IPv6 Protocol TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc.
Source and dest. addresses and ports
Direction See Section PACKET FLOW
Transmit and receive interface By name or address
Misc. IP header fields Version, type of service, dataâ
gram length, identification,
fragment flag (nonâzero IP offâ
set), Time To Live
IP options
IPv6 Extension headers Fragmentation, HopâbyâHop
options, Routing Headers, Source
routing rthdr0, Mobile IPv6
rthdr2, IPSec options.
IPv6 FlowâID
Misc. TCP header fields TCP flags (SYN, FIN, ACK, RST,
etc.), sequence number, acknowlâ
edgment number, window
alone might not guarantee the desired results.
rule_number
Each rule is associated with a rule_number in the range 1..65535,
with the latter reserved for the default rule. Rules are checked
sequentially by rule number. Multiple rules can have the same
number, in which case they are checked (and listed) according to
the order in which they have been added. If a rule is entered
without specifying a number, the kernel will assign one in such a
way that the rule becomes the last one before the default rule.
Automatic rule numbers are assigned by incrementing the last nonâ
default rule number by the value of the sysctl variable
net.inet.ip.fw.autoinc_step which defaults to 100. If this is
not possible (e.g. because we would go beyond the maximum allowed
rule number), the number of the last nonâdefault value is used
instead.
set set_number
Each rule is associated with a set_number in the range 0..31.
Sets can be individually disabled and enabled, so this parameter
is of fundamental importance for atomic ruleset manipulation. It
can be also used to simplify deletion of groups of rules. If a
rule is entered without specifying a set number, set 0 will be
used.
Set 31 is special in that it cannot be disabled, and rules in set
31 are not deleted by the ipfw flush command (but you can delete
them with the ipfw delete set 31 command). Set 31 is also used
for the default rule.
prob match_probability
A match is only declared with the specified probability (floating
point number between 0 and 1). This can be useful for a number
of applications such as random packet drop or (in conjunction
with dummynet) to simulate the effect of multiple paths leading
to outâofâorder packet delivery.
Note: this condition is checked before any other condition,
including ones such as keepâstate or checkâstate which might have
side effects.
log [logamount number]
When a packet matches a rule with the log keyword, a message will
be logged to syslogd(8) with a LOG_SECURITY facility. The logâ
ging only occurs if the sysctl variable net.inet.ip.fw.verbose is
set to 1 (which is the default when the kernel is compiled with
IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE) and the number of packets logged so far for
that particular rule does not exceed the logamount parameter. If
no logamount is specified, the limit is taken from the sysctl
variable net.inet.ip.fw.verbose_limit. In both cases, a value of
0 removes the logging limit.
Once the limit is reached, logging can be reâenabled by clearing
packet can have multiple tags at the same time. Tags are
"sticky", meaning once a tag is applied to a packet by a matching
rule it exists until explicit removal. Tags are kept with the
packet everywhere within the kernel, but are lost when packet
leaves the kernel, for example, on transmitting packet out to the
network or sending packet to a divert(4) socket.
To check for previously applied tags, use the tagged rule option.
To delete previously applied tag, use the untag keyword.
Note: since tags are kept with the packet everywhere in kerâ
nelspace, they can be set and unset anywhere in the kernel netâ
work subsystem (using the mbuf_tags(9) facility), not only by
means of the ipfw(4) tag and untag keywords. For example, there
can be a specialized netgraph(4) node doing traffic analyzing and
tagging for later inspecting in firewall.
untag number
When a packet matches a rule with the untag keyword, the tag with
the number number is searched among the tags attached to this
packet and, if found, removed from it. Other tags bound to
packet, if present, are left untouched.
altq queue
When a packet matches a rule with the altq keyword, the ALTQ
identifier for the given queue (see altq(4)) will be attached.
Note that this ALTQ tag is only meaningful for packets going
"out" of IPFW, and not being rejected or going to divert sockets.
Note that if there is insufficient memory at the time the packet
is processed, it will not be tagged, so it is wise to make your
ALTQ "default" queue policy account for this. If multiple altq
rules match a single packet, only the first one adds the ALTQ
classification tag. In doing so, traffic may be shaped by using
count altq queue rules for classification early in the ruleset,
then later applying the filtering decision. For example,
checkââstate and keepââstate rules may come later and provide the
actual filtering decisions in addition to the fallback ALTQ tag.
You must run pfctl(8) to set up the queues before IPFW will be
able to look them up by name, and if the ALTQ disciplines are
rearranged, the rules in containing the queue identifiers in the
kernel will likely have gone stale and need to be reloaded.
Stale queue identifiers will probably result in misclassificaâ
tion.
All system ALTQ processing can be turned on or off via ipfw
enable altq and ipfw disable altq. The usage of
net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass is irrelevant to ALTQ traffic shaping, as
the actual rule action is followed always after adding an ALTQ
tag.
RULE ACTIONS
count Update counters for all packets that match rule. The search conâ
tinues with the next rule.
deny | drop
Discard packets that match this rule. The search terminates.
divert port
Divert packets that match this rule to the divert(4) socket bound
to port port. The search terminates.
fwd | forward ipaddr | tablearg[,port]
Change the nextâhop on matching packets to ipaddr, which can be
an IP address or a host name. The next hop can also be supplied
by the last table looked up for the packet by using the tablearg
keyword instead of an explicit address. The search terminates if
this rule matches.
If ipaddr is a local address, then matching packets will be forâ
warded to port (or the port number in the packet if one is not
specified in the rule) on the local machine.
If ipaddr is not a local address, then the port number (if speciâ
fied) is ignored, and the packet will be forwarded to the remote
address, using the route as found in the local routing table for
that IP.
A fwd rule will not match layerâ2 packets (those received on
ether_input, ether_output, or bridged).
The fwd action does not change the contents of the packet at all.
In particular, the destination address remains unmodified, so
packets forwarded to another system will usually be rejected by
that system unless there is a matching rule on that system to
capture them. For packets forwarded locally, the local address
of the socket will be set to the original destination address of
the packet. This makes the netstat(1) entry look rather weird
but is intended for use with transparent proxy servers.
To enable fwd a custom kernel needs to be compiled with the
option options IPFIREWALL_FORWARD.
nat nat_nr
Pass packet to a nat instance (for network address translation,
address redirect, etc.): see the NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION
(NAT) Section for further information.
pipe pipe_nr
Pass packet to a dummynet âpipeâ (for bandwidth limitation,
delay, etc.). See the TRAFFIC SHAPER (DUMMYNET) CONFIGURATION
Section for further information. The search terminates; however,
on exit from the pipe and if the sysctl(8) variable
net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass is not set, the packet is passed again to
the firewall code starting from the next rule.
queue queue_nr
Skip all subsequent rules numbered less than number. The search
continues with the first rule numbered number or higher. It is
possible to use the tablearg keyword with a skipto for a computed
skipto, but care should be used, as no destination caching is
possible in this case so the rules are always walked to find it,
starting from the skipto.
tee port
Send a copy of packets matching this rule to the divert(4) socket
bound to port port. The search continues with the next rule.
unreach code
Discard packets that match this rule, and try to send an ICMP
unreachable notice with code code, where code is a number from 0
to 255, or one of these aliases: net, host, protocol, port,
needfrag, srcfail, netââunknown, hostââunknown, isolated,
netââprohib, hostââprohib, tosnet, toshost, filterââprohib,
hostââprecedence or precedenceââcutoff. The search terminates.
unreach6 code
Discard packets that match this rule, and try to send an ICMPv6
unreachable notice with code code, where code is a number from 0,
1, 3 or 4, or one of these aliases: noââroute, adminââprohib,
address or port. The search terminates.
netgraph cookie
Divert packet into netgraph with given cookie. The search termiâ
nates. If packet is later returned from netgraph it is either
accepted or continues with the next rule, depending on
net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass sysctl variable.
ngtee cookie
A copy of packet is diverted into netgraph, original packet is
either accepted or continues with the next rule, depending on
net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass sysctl variable. See ng_ipfw(4) for more
information on netgraph and ngtee actions.
setfib fibnum
The packet is tagged so as to use the FIB (routing table) fibnum
in any subsequent forwarding decisions. Initially this is limâ
ited to the values 0 through 15, see setfib(8). Processing conâ
tinues at the next rule.
reass Queue and reassemble ip fragments. If the packet is not fragâ
mented, counters are updated and processing continues with the
next rule. If the packet is the last logical fragment, the
packet is reassembled and, if net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass is set to
0, processing continues with the next rule, else packet is
allowed to pass and search terminates. If the packet is a fragâ
ment in the middle, it is consumed and processing stops immediâ
ately.
is all you need at the beginning of your ruleset.
RULE BODY
The body of a rule contains zero or more patterns (such as specific
source and destination addresses or ports, protocol options, incoming or
outgoing interfaces, etc.) that the packet must match in order to be
recognised. In general, the patterns are connected by (implicit) and
operators ââ i.e., all must match in order for the rule to match. Indiâ
vidual patterns can be prefixed by the not operator to reverse the result
of the match, as in
ipfw add 100 allow ip from not 1.2.3.4 to any
Additionally, sets of alternative match patterns (orâblocks) can be conâ
structed by putting the patterns in lists enclosed between parentheses (
) or braces { }, and using the or operator as follows:
ipfw add 100 allow ip from { x or not y or z } to any
Only one level of parentheses is allowed. Beware that most shells have
special meanings for parentheses or braces, so it is advisable to put a
backslash \ in front of them to prevent such interpretations.
The body of a rule must in general include a source and destination
address specifier. The keyword any can be used in various places to
specify that the content of a required field is irrelevant.
The rule body has the following format:
[proto from src to dst] [options]
The first part (proto from src to dst) is for backward compatibility with
earlier versions of FreeBSD. In modern FreeBSD any match pattern
(including MAC headers, IP protocols, addresses and ports) can be speciâ
fied in the options section.
Rule fields have the following meaning:
proto: protocol | { protocol or ... }
protocol: [not] protocolâname | protocolânumber
An IP protocol specified by number or name (for a complete list
see /etc/protocols), or one of the following keywords:
ip4 | ipv4
Matches IPv4 packets.
ip6 | ipv6
Matches IPv6 packets.
ip | all
addr: [not] {any | me | me6 | table(number[,value]) | addrâlist |
addrâset}
any matches any IP address.
me matches any IP address configured on an interface in the system.
me6 matches any IPv6 address configured on an interface in the sysâ
tem. The address list is evaluated at the time the packet is anâ
alysed.
table(number[,value])
Matches any IPv4 address for which an entry exists in the lookup
table number. If an optional 32âbit unsigned value is also specâ
ified, an entry will match only if it has this value. See the
LOOKUP TABLES section below for more information on lookup
tables.
addrâlist: ipâaddr[,addrâlist]
ipâaddr:
A host or subnet address specified in one of the following ways:
numericâip | hostname
Matches a single IPv4 address, specified as dottedâquad
or a hostname. Hostnames are resolved at the time the
rule is added to the firewall list.
addr/masklen
Matches all addresses with base addr (specified as an IP
address, a network number, or a hostname) and mask width
of masklen bits. As an example, 1.2.3.4/25 or 1.2.3.0/25
will match all IP numbers from 1.2.3.0 to 1.2.3.127 .
addr:mask
Matches all addresses with base addr (specified as an IP
address, a network number, or a hostname) and the mask of
mask, specified as a dotted quad. As an example,
1.2.3.4:255.0.255.0 or 1.0.3.0:255.0.255.0 will match
1.*.3.*. This form is advised only for nonâcontiguous
masks. It is better to resort to the addr/masklen format
for contiguous masks, which is more compact and less
errorâprone.
addrâset: addr[/masklen]{list}
list: {num | numânum}[,list]
Matches all addresses with base address addr (specified as an IP
address, a network number, or a hostname) and whose last byte is
in the list between braces { } . Note that there must be no spaâ
ces between braces and numbers (spaces after commas are allowed).
ip6âaddr:
A host or subnet specified one of the following ways:
numericâip | hostname
Matches a single IPv6 address as allowed by inet_pton(3)
or a hostname. Hostnames are resolved at the time the
rule is added to the firewall list.
addr/masklen
Matches all IPv6 addresses with base addr (specified as
allowed by inet_pton or a hostname) and mask width of
masklen bits.
No support for sets of IPv6 addresses is provided because IPv6
addresses are typically random past the initial prefix.
ports: {port | portâport}[,ports]
For protocols which support port numbers (such as TCP and UDP),
optional ports may be specified as one or more ports or port
ranges, separated by commas but no spaces, and an optional not
operator. The âââ notation specifies a range of ports (including
boundaries).
Service names (from /etc/services) may be used instead of numeric
port values. The length of the port list is limited to 30 ports
or ranges, though one can specify larger ranges by using an
orâblock in the options section of the rule.
A backslash (â\â) can be used to escape the dash (âââ) character
in a service name (from a shell, the backslash must be typed
twice to avoid the shell itself interpreting it as an escape
character).
ipfw add count tcp from any ftp\\âdataâftp to any
Fragmented packets which have a nonâzero offset (i.e., not the
first fragment) will never match a rule which has one or more
port specifications. See the frag option for details on matching
fragmented packets.
RULE OPTIONS (MATCH PATTERNS)
Additional match patterns can be used within rules. Zero or more of
these soâcalled options can be present in a rule, optionally prefixed by
the not operand, and possibly grouped into orâblocks.
The following match patterns can be used (listed in alphabetical order):
// this is a comment.
Inserts the specified text as a comment in the rule. Everything
following // is considered as a comment and stored in the rule.
You can have commentâonly rules, which are listed as having a
the IP stack output for delivery.
dstââip ipâaddress
Matches IPv4 packets whose destination IP is one of the
address(es) specified as argument.
{dstââip6 | dstââipv6} ip6âaddress
Matches IPv6 packets whose destination IP is one of the
address(es) specified as argument.
dstââport ports
Matches IP packets whose destination port is one of the port(s)
specified as argument.
established
Matches TCP packets that have the RST or ACK bits set.
ext6hdr header
Matches IPv6 packets containing the extended header given by
header. Supported headers are:
Fragment, (frag), Hopâtoâhop options (hopopt), any type of Routâ
ing Header (route), Source routing Routing Header Type 0
(rthdr0), Mobile IPv6 Routing Header Type 2 (rthdr2), Destination
options (dstopt), IPSec authentication headers (ah), and IPsec
encapsulated security payload headers (esp).
fib fibnum
Matches a packet that has been tagged to use the given FIB (routâ
ing table) number.
flowââid labels
Matches IPv6 packets containing any of the flow labels given in
labels. labels is a comma separated list of numeric flow labels.
frag Matches packets that are fragments and not the first fragment of
an IP datagram. Note that these packets will not have the next
protocol header (e.g. TCP, UDP) so options that look into these
headers cannot match.
gid group
Matches all TCP or UDP packets sent by or received for a group.
A group may be specified by name or number.
jail prisonID
Matches all TCP or UDP packets sent by or received for the jail
whos prison ID is prisonID.
icmptypes types
Matches ICMP packets whose ICMP type is in the list types. The
list may be specified as any combination of individual types
(numeric) separated by commas. Ranges are not allowed. The supâ
in | out
Matches incoming or outgoing packets, respectively. in and out
are mutually exclusive (in fact, out is implemented as not in).
ipid idâlist
Matches IPv4 packets whose ip_id field has value included in
idâlist, which is either a single value or a list of values or
ranges specified in the same way as ports.
iplen lenâlist
Matches IP packets whose total length, including header and data,
is in the set lenâlist, which is either a single value or a list
of values or ranges specified in the same way as ports.
ipoptions spec
Matches packets whose IPv4 header contains the comma separated
list of options specified in spec. The supported IP options are:
ssrr (strict source route), lsrr (loose source route), rr (record
packet route) and ts (timestamp). The absence of a particular
option may be denoted with a â!â.
ipprecedence precedence
Matches IPv4 packets whose precedence field is equal to
precedence.
ipsec Matches packets that have IPSEC history associated with them
(i.e., the packet comes encapsulated in IPSEC, the kernel has
IPSEC support and IPSEC_FILTERTUNNEL option, and can correctly
decapsulate it).
Note that specifying ipsec is different from specifying proto
ipsec as the latter will only look at the specific IP protocol
field, irrespective of IPSEC kernel support and the validity of
the IPSEC data.
Further note that this flag is silently ignored in kernels withâ
out IPSEC support. It does not affect rule processing when given
and the rules are handled as if with no ipsec flag.
iptos spec
Matches IPv4 packets whose tos field contains the comma separated
list of service types specified in spec. The supported IP types
of service are:
lowdelay (IPTOS_LOWDELAY), throughput (IPTOS_THROUGHPUT),
reliability (IPTOS_RELIABILITY), mincost (IPTOS_MINCOST),
congestion (IPTOS_ECN_CE). The absence of a particular type may
be denoted with a â!â.
ipttl ttlâlist
Matches IPv4 packets whose time to live is included in ttlâlist,
layer2 Matches only layer2 packets, i.e., those passed to ipfw from
ether_demux() and ether_output_frame().
limit {srcââaddr | srcââport | dstââaddr | dstââport} N
The firewall will only allow N connections with the same set of
parameters as specified in the rule. One or more of source and
destination addresses and ports can be specified. Currently,
only IPv4 flows are supported.
{ MAC | mac } dstâmac srcâmac
Match packets with a given dstâmac and srcâmac addresses, speciâ
fied as the any keyword (matching any MAC address), or six groups
of hex digits separated by colons, and optionally followed by a
mask indicating the significant bits. The mask may be specified
using either of the following methods:
1. A slash (/) followed by the number of significant bits.
For example, an address with 33 significant bits could be
specified as:
MAC 10:20:30:40:50:60/33 any
2. An ampersand (&) followed by a bitmask specified as six
groups of hex digits separated by colons. For example,
an address in which the last 16 bits are significant
could be specified as:
MAC 10:20:30:40:50:60&00:00:00:00:ff:ff any
Note that the ampersand character has a special meaning
in many shells and should generally be escaped.
Note that the order of MAC addresses (destination first, source
second) is the same as on the wire, but the opposite of the one
used for IP addresses.
macââtype macâtype
Matches packets whose Ethernet Type field corresponds to one of
those specified as argument. macâtype is specified in the same
way as port numbers (i.e., one or more commaâseparated single
values or ranges). You can use symbolic names for known values
such as vlan, ipv4, ipv6. Values can be entered as decimal or
hexadecimal (if prefixed by 0x), and they are always printed as
hexadecimal (unless the ââN option is used, in which case symbolic
resolution will be attempted).
proto protocol
Matches packets with the corresponding IP protocol.
recv | xmit | via {ifX | if* | ipno | any}
Matches packets received, transmitted or going through, respecâ
tively, the interface specified by exact name (ifX), by device
A packet may not have a receive or transmit interface: packets
originating from the local host have no receive interface, while
packets destined for the local host have no transmit interface.
setup Matches TCP packets that have the SYN bit set but no ACK bit.
This is the short form of âtcpflags syn,!ackâ.
srcââip ipâaddress
Matches IPv4 packets whose source IP is one of the address(es)
specified as an argument.
srcââip6 ip6âaddress
Matches IPv6 packets whose source IP is one of the address(es)
specified as an argument.
srcââport ports
Matches IP packets whose source port is one of the port(s) speciâ
fied as argument.
tagged tagâlist
Matches packets whose tags are included in tagâlist, which is
either a single value or a list of values or ranges specified in
the same way as ports. Tags can be applied to the packet using
tag rule action parameter (see itâs description for details on
tags).
tcpack ack
TCP packets only. Match if the TCP header acknowledgment number
field is set to ack.
tcpdatalen tcpdatalenâlist
Matches TCP packets whose length of TCP data is tcpdatalenâlist,
which is either a single value or a list of values or ranges
specified in the same way as ports.
tcpflags spec
TCP packets only. Match if the TCP header contains the comma
separated list of flags specified in spec. The supported TCP
flags are:
fin, syn, rst, psh, ack and urg. The absence of a particular
flag may be denoted with a â!â. A rule which contains a tcpflags
specification can never match a fragmented packet which has a
nonâzero offset. See the frag option for details on matching
fragmented packets.
tcpseq seq
TCP packets only. Match if the TCP header sequence number field
is set to seq.
tcpwin win
Match all TCP or UDP packets sent by or received for a user. A
user may be matched by name or identification number.
verrevpath
For incoming packets, a routing table lookup is done on the
packetâs source address. If the interface on which the packet
entered the system matches the outgoing interface for the route,
the packet matches. If the interfaces do not match up, the
packet does not match. All outgoing packets or packets with no
incoming interface match.
The name and functionality of the option is intentionally similar
to the Cisco IOS command:
ip verify unicast reverseâpath
This option can be used to make antiâspoofing rules to reject all
packets with source addresses not from this interface. See also
the option antispoof.
versrcreach
For incoming packets, a routing table lookup is done on the
packetâs source address. If a route to the source address
exists, but not the default route or a blackhole/reject route,
the packet matches. Otherwise, the packet does not match. All
outgoing packets match.
The name and functionality of the option is intentionally similar
to the Cisco IOS command:
ip verify unicast source reachableâvia any
This option can be used to make antiâspoofing rules to reject all
packets whose source address is unreachable.
antispoof
For incoming packets, the packetâs source address is checked if
it belongs to a directly connected network. If the network is
directly connected, then the interface the packet came on in is
compared to the interface the network is connected to. When
incoming interface and directly connected interface are not the
same, the packet does not match. Otherwise, the packet does
match. All outgoing packets match.
This option can be used to make antiâspoofing rules to reject all
packets that pretend to be from a directly connected network but
do not come in through that interface. This option is similar to
but more restricted than verrevpath because it engages only on
packets with source addresses of directly connected networks
instead of all source addresses.
LOOKUP TABLES
Internally, each table is stored in a Radix tree, the same way as the
routing table (see route(4)).
Lookup tables currently support IPv4 addresses only.
The tablearg feature provides the ability to use a value, looked up in
the table, as the argument for a rule action, action parameter or rule
option. This can significantly reduce number of rules in some configuraâ
tions. If two tables are used in a rule, the result of the second (desâ
tination) is used. The tablearg argument can be used with the following
actions: nat, pipe, queue, divert, tee, netgraph, ngtee, fwd, skipto
action parameters: tag, untag, rule options: limit, tagged.
When used with fwd it is possible to supply table entries with values
that are in the form of IP addresses or hostnames. See the EXAMPLES Secâ
tion for example usage of tables and the tablearg keyword.
When used with the skipto action, the user should be aware that the code
will walk the ruleset up to a rule equal to, or past, the given number,
and should therefore try keep the ruleset compact between the skipto and
the target rules.
SETS OF RULES
Each rule belongs to one of 32 different sets , numbered 0 to 31. Set 31
is reserved for the default rule.
By default, rules are put in set 0, unless you use the set N attribute
when entering a new rule. Sets can be individually and atomically
enabled or disabled, so this mechanism permits an easy way to store mulâ
tiple configurations of the firewall and quickly (and atomically) switch
between them. The command to enable/disable sets is
ipfw set [disable number ...] [enable number ...]
where multiple enable or disable sections can be specified. Command exeâ
cution is atomic on all the sets specified in the command. By default,
all sets are enabled.
When you disable a set, its rules behave as if they do not exist in the
firewall configuration, with only one exception:
dynamic rules created from a rule before it had been disabled will
still be active until they expire. In order to delete dynamic
rules you have to explicitly delete the parent rule which generated
them.
The set number of rules can be changed with the command
ipfw set move {rule ruleânumber | oldâset} to newâset
Also, you can atomically swap two rulesets with the command
dstâip/dstâport pair of addresses (src and dst are used here only to
denote the initial match addresses, but they are completely equivalent
afterwards). Dynamic rules will be checked at the first checkââstate,
keepââstate or limit occurrence, and the action performed upon a match
will be the same as in the parent rule.
Note that no additional attributes other than protocol and IP addresses
and ports are checked on dynamic rules.
The typical use of dynamic rules is to keep a closed firewall configuraâ
tion, but let the first TCP SYN packet from the inside network install a
dynamic rule for the flow so that packets belonging to that session will
be allowed through the firewall:
ipfw add checkâstate
ipfw add allow tcp from myâsubnet to any setup keepâstate
ipfw add deny tcp from any to any
A similar approach can be used for UDP, where an UDP packet coming from
the inside will install a dynamic rule to let the response through the
firewall:
ipfw add checkâstate
ipfw add allow udp from myâsubnet to any keepâstate
ipfw add deny udp from any to any
Dynamic rules expire after some time, which depends on the status of the
flow and the setting of some sysctl variables. See Section SYSCTL
VARIABLES for more details. For TCP sessions, dynamic rules can be
instructed to periodically send keepalive packets to refresh the state of
the rule when it is about to expire.
See Section EXAMPLES for more examples on how to use dynamic rules.
TRAFFIC SHAPER (DUMMYNET) CONFIGURATION
ipfw is also the user interface for the dummynet traffic shaper and netâ
work emulator, a subsystem that can artificially queue, delay or drop
packets emulator the behaviour of certain network links or queueing sysâ
tems.
dummynet operates by first using the firewall to select packets using any
match pattern that can be used in ipfw rules. Matching packets are then
passed to either of two different objects, which implement the traffic
regulation:
pipe A pipe emulates a link with given bandwidth, propagation
delay, queue size and packet loss rate. Packets are queued
in front of the pipe as they come out from the classifier,
and then transferred to the pipe according to the pipeâs
parameters.
queue A queue is an abstraction used to implement the WF2Q+ (Worstâ
share the available bandwidth.
There are two modes of dummynet operation: ânormalâ and âfastâ. The
ânormalâ mode tries to emulate a real link: the dummynet scheduler
ensures that the packet will not leave the pipe faster than it would on
the real link with a given bandwidth. The âfastâ mode allows certain
packets to bypass the dummynet scheduler (if packet flow does not exceed
pipeâs bandwidth). This is the reason why the âfastâ mode requires less
CPU cycles per packet (on average) and packet latency can be signifiâ
cantly lower in comparison to a real link with the same bandwidth. The
default mode is ânormalâ. The âfastâ mode can be enabled by setting the
net.inet.ip.dummynet.io_fast sysctl(8) variable to a nonâzero value.
PIPE AND QUEUE CONFIGURATION
The pipe and queue configuration commands are the following:
pipe number config pipeâconfiguration
queue number config queueâconfiguration
The following parameters can be configured for a pipe:
bw bandwidth | device
Bandwidth, measured in [K|M]{bit/s|Byte/s}.
A value of 0 (default) means unlimited bandwidth. The unit must
immediately follow the number, as in
ipfw pipe 1 config bw 300Kbit/s
If a device name is specified instead of a numeric value, as in
ipfw pipe 1 config bw tun0
then the transmit clock is supplied by the specified device. At
the moment only the tun(4) device supports this functionality,
for use in conjunction with ppp(8).
delay msâdelay
Propagation delay, measured in milliseconds. The value is
rounded to the next multiple of the clock tick (typically 10ms,
but it is a good practice to run kernels with âoptions HZ=1000â
to reduce the granularity to 1ms or less). The default value is
0, meaning no delay.
burst size
If the data to be sent exceeds the pipeâs bandwidth limit (and
the pipe was previously idle), up to size bytes of data are
allowed to bypass the dummynet scheduler, and will be sent as
fast as the physical link allows. Any additional data will be
transmitted at the rate specified by the pipe bandwidth. The
burst size depends on how long the pipe has been idle; the effecâ
the additional delay with an empirical curve that represents its
distribution.
cumulative probability
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delay
The empirical curve may have both vertical and horizontal lines.
Vertical lines represent constant delay for a range of probabiliâ
ties. Horizontal lines correspond to a discontinuity in the
delay distribution: the pipe will use the largest delay for a
given probability.
The file format is the following, with whitespace acting as a
separator and â#â indicating the beginning a comment:
name identifier
optional name (listed by "ipfw pipe show") to identify
the delay distribution;
bw value
the bandwidth used for the pipe. If not specified here,
it must be present explicitly as a configuration parameâ
ter for the pipe;
lossââlevel L
the probability above which packets are lost. (0.0 <= L
<= 1.0, default 1.0 i.e. no loss);
samples N
the number of samples used in the internal representation
of the curve (2..1024; default 100);
delay prob | prob delay
One of these two lines is mandatory and defines the forâ
mat of the following lines with data points.
XXX YYY
2 or more lines representing points in the curve, with
either delay or probability first, according to the choâ
sen format. The unit for delay is milliseconds. Data
points do not need to be sorted. Also, tne number of
actual lines can be different from the value of the "samâ
ples" parameter: ipfw utility will sort and interpolate
#configuration file end
The following parameters can be configured for a queue:
pipe pipe_nr
Connects a queue to the specified pipe. Multiple queues (with
the same or different weights) can be connected to the same pipe,
which specifies the aggregate rate for the set of queues.
weight weight
Specifies the weight to be used for flows matching this queue.
The weight must be in the range 1..100, and defaults to 1.
Finally, the following parameters can be configured for both pipes and
queues:
buckets hashâtableâsize
Specifies the size of the hash table used for storing the various
queues. Default value is 64 controlled by the sysctl(8) variable
net.inet.ip.dummynet.hash_size, allowed range is 16 to 65536.
mask maskâspecifier
Packets sent to a given pipe or queue by an ipfw rule can be furâ
ther classified into multiple flows, each of which is then sent to
a different dynamic pipe or queue. A flow identifier is conâ
structed by masking the IP addresses, ports and protocol types as
specified with the mask options in the configuration of the pipe or
queue. For each different flow identifier, a new pipe or queue is
created with the same parameters as the original object, and matchâ
ing packets are sent to it.
Thus, when dynamic pipes are used, each flow will get the same
bandwidth as defined by the pipe, whereas when dynamic queues are
used, each flow will share the parentâs pipe bandwidth evenly with
other flows generated by the same queue (note that other queues
with different weights might be connected to the same pipe).
Available mask specifiers are a combination of one or more of the
following:
dstââip mask, dstââip6 mask, srcââip mask, srcââip6 mask, dstââport
mask, srcââport mask, flowââid mask, proto mask or all,
where the latter means all bits in all fields are significant.
noerror
When a packet is dropped by a dummynet queue or pipe, the error is
normally reported to the caller routine in the kernel, in the same
way as it happens when a device queue fills up. Setting this
option reports the packet as successfully delivered, which can be
needed for some experimental setups where you want to simulate loss
or congestion at a remote router.
net.inet.ip.dummynet.pipe_byte_limit and
net.inet.ip.dummynet.pipe_slot_limit control the maximum lengths
that can be specified.
red | gred w_q/min_th/max_th/max_p
Make use of the RED (Random Early Detection) queue management algoâ
rithm. w_q and max_p are floating point numbers between 0 and 1 (0
not included), while min_th and max_th are integer numbers specifyâ
ing thresholds for queue management (thresholds are computed in
bytes if the queue has been defined in bytes, in slots otherwise).
The dummynet also supports the gentle RED variant (gred). Three
sysctl(8) variables can be used to control the RED behaviour:
net.inet.ip.dummynet.red_lookup_depth
specifies the accuracy in computing the average queue when
the link is idle (defaults to 256, must be greater than
zero)
net.inet.ip.dummynet.red_avg_pkt_size
specifies the expected average packet size (defaults to
512, must be greater than zero)
net.inet.ip.dummynet.red_max_pkt_size
specifies the expected maximum packet size, only used when
queue thresholds are in bytes (defaults to 1500, must be
greater than zero).
When used with IPv6 data, dummynet currently has several limitations.
Information necessary to route linkâlocal packets to an interface is not
available after processing by dummynet so those packets are dropped in
the output path. Care should be taken to insure that linkâlocal packets
are not passed to dummynet.
CHECKLIST
Here are some important points to consider when designing your rules:
¡ Remember that you filter both packets going in and out. Most connecâ
tions need packets going in both directions.
¡ Remember to test very carefully. It is a good idea to be near the
console when doing this. If you cannot be near the console, use an
autoârecovery script such as the one in
/usr/share/examples/ipfw/change_rules.sh.
¡ Do not forget the loopback interface.
FINE POINTS
¡ There are circumstances where fragmented datagrams are unconditionâ
ally dropped. TCP packets are dropped if they do not contain at
least 20 bytes of TCP header, UDP packets are dropped if they do not
contain a full 8 byte UDP header, and ICMP packets are dropped if
they do not contain 4 bytes of ICMP header, enough to specify the
ipfw add 32000 allow ip from any to any
Along the same lines, doing an
ipfw flush
in similar surroundings is also a bad idea.
¡ The ipfw filter list may not be modified if the system security level
is set to 3 or higher (see init(8) for information on system security
levels).
PACKET DIVERSION
A divert(4) socket bound to the specified port will receive all packets
diverted to that port. If no socket is bound to the destination port, or
if the divert module is not loaded, or if the kernel was not compiled
with divert socket support, the packets are dropped.
NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION (NAT)
ipfw support inâkernel NAT using the kernel version of libalias(3).
The nat configuration command is the following:
nat nat_number config natâconfiguration
The following parameters can be configured:
ip ip_address
Define an ip address to use for aliasing.
if nic Use ip address of NIC for aliasing, dynamically changing it if
NICâs ip address changes.
log Enable logging on this nat instance.
deny_in
Deny any incoming connection from outside world.
same_ports
Try to leave the alias port numbers unchanged from the actual
local port numbers.
unreg_only
Traffic on the local network not originating from an unregistered
address spaces will be ignored.
reset Reset table of the packet aliasing engine on address change.
reverse
Reverse the way libalias handles aliasing.
proxy_only
command line tool. The main difference is that sctp nat does not do port
translation. Since the local and global side ports will be the same,
there is no need to specify both. Ports are redirected as follows:
nat nat_number config if nic redirect_port sctp
ip_address [,addr_list] {[port | portâport] [,ports]}
Most sctp nat configuration can be done in realâtime through the
sysctl(8) interface. All may be changed dynamically, though the hash_taâ
ble size will only change for new nat instances. See SYSCTL VARIABLES
for more info.
SYSCTL VARIABLES
A set of sysctl(8) variables controls the behaviour of the firewall and
associated modules (dummynet, bridge, sctp nat). These are shown below
together with their default value (but always check with the sysctl(8)
command what value is actually in use) and meaning:
net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.accept_global_ootb_addip: 0
Defines how the nat responds to receipt of global OOTB ASCONFâ
AddIP:
0 No response (unless a partially matching association
exists â ports and vtags match but global address does
not)
1 nat will accept and process all OOTB global AddIP mesâ
sages.
Option 1 should never be selected as this forms a security risk.
An attacker can establish multiple fake associations by sending
AddIP messages.
net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.chunk_proc_limit: 5
Defines the maximum number of chunks in an SCTP packet that will
be parsed for a packet that matches an existing association.
This value is enforced to be greater or equal than
net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.initialising_chunk_proc_limit. A high
value is a DoS risk yet setting too low a value may result in
important control chunks in the packet not being located and
parsed.
net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.error_on_ootb: 1
Defines when the nat responds to any OutâofâtheâBlue (OOTB) packâ
ets with ErrorM packets. An OOTB packet is a packet that arrives
with no existing association registered in the nat and is not an
INIT or ASCONFâAddIP packet:
0 ErrorM is never sent in response to OOTB packets.
1 ErrorM is only sent to OOTB packets received on the local
side.
allow global hosts to be informed when they need to (re)send an
ASCONFâAddIP. Value 3 should never be chosen (except for debugâ
ging) as the nat will respond to all OOTB global packets (a DoS
risk).
net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.hashtable_size: 2003
Size of hash tables used for nat lookups (100 < prime_number >
1000001). This value sets the hash table size for any future
created nat instance and therefore must be set prior to creating
a nat instance. The table sizes may be changed to suit specific
needs. If there will be few concurrent associations, and memory
is scarce, you may make these smaller. If there will be many
thousands (or millions) of concurrent associations, you should
make these larger. A prime number is best for the table size.
The sysctl update function will adjust your input value to the
next highest prime number.
net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.holddown_time: 0
Hold association in table for this many seconds after receiving a
SHUTDOWNâCOMPLETE. This allows endpoints to correct shutdown
gracefully if a shutdown_complete is lost and retransmissions are
required.
net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.init_timer: 15
Timeout value while waiting for (INITâACK|AddIPâACK). This value
cannot be 0.
net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.initialising_chunk_proc_limit: 2
Defines the maximum number of chunks in an SCTP packet that will
be parsed when no existing association exists that matches that
packet. Ideally this packet will only be an INIT or ASCONFâAddIP
packet. A higher value may become a DoS risk as malformed packâ
ets can consume processing resources.
net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.param_proc_limit: 25
Defines the maximum number of parameters within a chunk that will
be parsed in a packet. As for other similar sysctl variables,
larger values pose a DoS risk.
net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.log_level: 0
Level of detail in the system log messages (0 - minimal, 1 -
event, 2 - info, 3 - detail, 4 - debug, 5 - max debug). May be a
good option in high loss environments.
net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.shutdown_time: 15
Timeout value while waiting for SHUTDOWNâCOMPLETE. This value
cannot be 0.
net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.track_global_addresses: 0
Enables/disables global IP address tracking within the nat and
places an upper limit on the number of addresses tracked for each
association:
net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.up_timer: 300
Timeout value to keep an association up with no traffic. This
value cannot be 0.
net.inet.ip.dummynet.expire: 1
Lazily delete dynamic pipes/queue once they have no pending trafâ
fic. You can disable this by setting the variable to 0, in which
case the pipes/queues will only be deleted when the threshold is
reached.
net.inet.ip.dummynet.hash_size: 64
Default size of the hash table used for dynamic pipes/queues.
This value is used when no buckets option is specified when conâ
figuring a pipe/queue.
net.inet.ip.dummynet.io_fast: 0
If set to a nonâzero value, the âfastâ mode of dummynet operation
(see above) is enabled.
net.inet.ip.dummynet.io_pkt
Number of packets passed to dummynet.
net.inet.ip.dummynet.io_pkt_drop
Number of packets dropped by dummynet.
net.inet.ip.dummynet.io_pkt_fast
Number of packets bypassed by the dummynet scheduler.
net.inet.ip.dummynet.max_chain_len: 16
Target value for the maximum number of pipes/queues in a hash
bucket. The product max_chain_len*hash_size is used to determine
the threshold over which empty pipes/queues will be expired even
when net.inet.ip.dummynet.expire=0.
net.inet.ip.dummynet.red_lookup_depth: 256
net.inet.ip.dummynet.red_avg_pkt_size: 512
net.inet.ip.dummynet.red_max_pkt_size: 1500
Parameters used in the computations of the drop probability for
the RED algorithm.
net.inet.ip.dummynet.pipe_byte_limit: 1048576
net.inet.ip.dummynet.pipe_slot_limit: 100
The maximum queue size that can be specified in bytes or packets.
These limits prevent accidental exhaustion of resources such as
mbufs. If you raise these limits, you should make sure the sysâ
tem is configured so that sufficient resources are available.
net.inet.ip.fw.autoinc_step: 100
net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_buckets: 256
The number of buckets in the hash table for dynamic rules. Must
be a power of 2, up to 65536. It only takes effect when all
dynamic rules have expired, so you are advised to use a flush
command to make sure that the hash table is resized.
net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_count: 3
Current number of dynamic rules (readâonly).
net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_keepalive: 1
Enables generation of keepalive packets for keepââstate rules on
TCP sessions. A keepalive is generated to both sides of the conâ
nection every 5 seconds for the last 20 seconds of the lifetime
of the rule.
net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_max: 8192
Maximum number of dynamic rules. When you hit this limit, no
more dynamic rules can be installed until old ones expire.
net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_ack_lifetime: 300
net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_syn_lifetime: 20
net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_fin_lifetime: 1
net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_rst_lifetime: 1
net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_udp_lifetime: 5
net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_short_lifetime: 30
These variables control the lifetime, in seconds, of dynamic
rules. Upon the initial SYN exchange the lifetime is kept short,
then increased after both SYN have been seen, then decreased
again during the final FIN exchange or when a RST is received.
Both dyn_fin_lifetime and dyn_rst_lifetime must be strictly lower
than 5 seconds, the period of repetition of keepalives. The
firewall enforces that.
net.inet.ip.fw.enable: 1
Enables the firewall. Setting this variable to 0 lets you run
your machine without firewall even if compiled in.
net.inet6.ip6.fw.enable: 1
provides the same functionality as above for the IPv6 case.
net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass: 1
When set, the packet exiting from the dummynet pipe or from
ng_ipfw(4) node is not passed though the firewall again. Otherâ
wise, after an action, the packet is reinjected into the firewall
at the next rule.
Controls whether layerâ2 packets are passed to ipfw. Default is
no.
net.link.bridge.ipfw: 0
Controls whether bridged packets are passed to ipfw. Default is
no.
EXAMPLES
There are far too many possible uses of ipfw so this Section will only
give a small set of examples.
BASIC PACKET FILTERING
This command adds an entry which denies all tcp packets from
cracker.evil.org to the telnet port of wolf.tambov.su from being forâ
warded by the host:
ipfw add deny tcp from cracker.evil.org to wolf.tambov.su telnet
This one disallows any connection from the entire crackerâs network to my
host:
ipfw add deny ip from 123.45.67.0/24 to my.host.org
A first and efficient way to limit access (not using dynamic rules) is
the use of the following rules:
ipfw add allow tcp from any to any established
ipfw add allow tcp from net1 portlist1 to net2 portlist2 setup
ipfw add allow tcp from net3 portlist3 to net3 portlist3 setup
...
ipfw add deny tcp from any to any
The first rule will be a quick match for normal TCP packets, but it will
not match the initial SYN packet, which will be matched by the setup
rules only for selected source/destination pairs. All other SYN packets
will be rejected by the final deny rule.
If you administer one or more subnets, you can take advantage of the
address sets and orâblocks and write extremely compact rulesets which
selectively enable services to blocks of clients, as below:
goodguys="{ 10.1.2.0/24{20,35,66,18} or 10.2.3.0/28{6,3,11} }"
badguys="10.1.2.0/24{8,38,60}"
ipfw add allow ip from ${goodguys} to any
ipfw add deny ip from ${badguys} to any
... normal policies ...
The verrevpath option could be used to do automated antiâspoofing by
adding the following to the top of a ruleset:
ipfw add deny ip from any to any not verrevpath in
fxp0, but coming in on fxp1 would be dropped.
DYNAMIC RULES
In order to protect a site from flood attacks involving fake TCP packets,
it is safer to use dynamic rules:
ipfw add checkâstate
ipfw add deny tcp from any to any established
ipfw add allow tcp from myânet to any setup keepâstate
This will let the firewall install dynamic rules only for those connecâ
tion which start with a regular SYN packet coming from the inside of our
network. Dynamic rules are checked when encountering the first
checkââstate or keepââstate rule. A checkââstate rule should usually be
placed near the beginning of the ruleset to minimize the amount of work
scanning the ruleset. Your mileage may vary.
To limit the number of connections a user can open you can use the folâ
lowing type of rules:
ipfw add allow tcp from myânet/24 to any setup limit srcâaddr 10
ipfw add allow tcp from any to me setup limit srcâaddr 4
The former (assuming it runs on a gateway) will allow each host on a /24
network to open at most 10 TCP connections. The latter can be placed on
a server to make sure that a single client does not use more than 4
simultaneous connections.
BEWARE: stateful rules can be subject to denialâofâservice attacks by a
SYNâflood which opens a huge number of dynamic rules. The effects of
such attacks can be partially limited by acting on a set of sysctl(8)
variables which control the operation of the firewall.
Here is a good usage of the list command to see accounting records and
timestamp information:
ipfw âat list
or in short form without timestamps:
ipfw âa list
which is equivalent to:
ipfw show
Next rule diverts all incoming packets from 192.168.2.0/24 to divert port
5000:
ipfw divert 5000 ip from 192.168.2.0/24 to any in
TRAFFIC SHAPING
192.168.2.0/24 we do:
ipfw add pipe 1 ip from 192.168.2.0/24 to any out
ipfw pipe 1 config bw 300Kbit/s queue 50KBytes
note that we use the out modifier so that the rule is not used twice.
Remember in fact that ipfw rules are checked both on incoming and outgoâ
ing packets.
Should we want to simulate a bidirectional link with bandwidth limitaâ
tions, the correct way is the following:
ipfw add pipe 1 ip from any to any out
ipfw add pipe 2 ip from any to any in
ipfw pipe 1 config bw 64Kbit/s queue 10Kbytes
ipfw pipe 2 config bw 64Kbit/s queue 10Kbytes
The above can be very useful, e.g. if you want to see how your fancy Web
page will look for a residential user who is connected only through a
slow link. You should not use only one pipe for both directions, unless
you want to simulate a halfâduplex medium (e.g. AppleTalk, Ethernet,
IRDA). It is not necessary that both pipes have the same configuration,
so we can also simulate asymmetric links.
Should we want to verify network performance with the RED queue manageâ
ment algorithm:
ipfw add pipe 1 ip from any to any
ipfw pipe 1 config bw 500Kbit/s queue 100 red 0.002/30/80/0.1
Another typical application of the traffic shaper is to introduce some
delay in the communication. This can significantly affect applications
which do a lot of Remote Procedure Calls, and where the roundâtripâtime
of the connection often becomes a limiting factor much more than bandâ
width:
ipfw add pipe 1 ip from any to any out
ipfw add pipe 2 ip from any to any in
ipfw pipe 1 config delay 250ms bw 1Mbit/s
ipfw pipe 2 config delay 250ms bw 1Mbit/s
Perâflow queueing can be useful for a variety of purposes. A very simple
one is counting traffic:
ipfw add pipe 1 tcp from any to any
ipfw add pipe 1 udp from any to any
ipfw add pipe 1 ip from any to any
ipfw pipe 1 config mask all
The above set of rules will create queues (and collect statistics) for
all traffic. Because the pipes have no limitations, the only effect is
collecting statistics. Note that we need 3 rules, not just the last one,
In the following example, we need to create several traffic bandwidth
classes and we need different hosts/networks to fall into different
classes. We create one pipe for each class and configure them accordâ
ingly. Then we create a single table and fill it with IP subnets and
addresses. For each subnet/host we set the argument equal to the number
of the pipe that it should use. Then we classify traffic using a single
rule:
ipfw pipe 1 config bw 1000Kbyte/s
ipfw pipe 4 config bw 4000Kbyte/s
...
ipfw table 1 add 192.168.2.0/24 1
ipfw table 1 add 192.168.0.0/27 4
ipfw table 1 add 192.168.0.2 1
...
ipfw add pipe tablearg ip from table(1) to any
Using the fwd action, the table entries may include hostnames and IP
addresses.
ipfw table 1 add 192.168.2.0/24 10.23.2.1
ipfw table 1 add 192.168.0.0/27 router1.dmz
...
ipfw add 100 fwd tablearg ip from any to table(1)
SETS OF RULES
To add a set of rules atomically, e.g. set 18:
ipfw set disable 18
ipfw add NN set 18 ... # repeat as needed
ipfw set enable 18
To delete a set of rules atomically the command is simply:
ipfw delete set 18
To test a ruleset and disable it and regain control if something goes
wrong:
ipfw set disable 18
ipfw add NN set 18 ... # repeat as needed
ipfw set enable 18; echo done; sleep 30 && ipfw set disable 18
Here if everything goes well, you press controlâC before the "sleep" terâ
minates, and your ruleset will be left active. Otherwise, e.g. if you
cannot access your box, the ruleset will be disabled after the sleep terâ
minates thus restoring the previous situation.
To show rules of the specific set:
ipfw set 18 show
ipfw add nat 123 all from any to any
Then to configure nat instance 123 to alias all the outgoing traffic with
ip 192.168.0.123, blocking all incoming connections, trying to keep same
ports on both sides, clearing aliasing table on address change and keepâ
ing a log of traffic/link statistics:
ipfw nat 123 config ip 192.168.0.123 log deny_in reset same_ports
Or to change address of instance 123, aliasing table will be cleared (see
reset option):
ipfw nat 123 config ip 10.0.0.1
To see configuration of nat instance 123:
ipfw nat 123 show config
To show logs of all the instances in range 111â999:
ipfw nat 111â999 show
To see configurations of all instances:
ipfw nat show config
Or a redirect rule with mixed modes could looks like:
ipfw nat 123 config redirect_addr 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.66
redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.1:80 500
redirect_proto udp 192.168.1.43 192.168.1.1
redirect_addr 192.168.0.10,192.168.0.11
10.0.0.100 # LSNAT
redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.1:80,192.168.0.10:22
500 # LSNAT
or it could be split in:
ipfw nat 1 config redirect_addr 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.66
ipfw nat 2 config redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.1:80 500
ipfw nat 3 config redirect_proto udp 192.168.1.43 192.168.1.1
ipfw nat 4 config redirect_addr
192.168.0.10,192.168.0.11,192.168.0.12
10.0.0.100
ipfw nat 5 config redirect_port tcp
192.168.0.1:80,192.168.0.10:22,192.168.0.20:25 500
SEE ALSO
cpp(1), m4(1), altq(4), divert(4), dummynet(4), if_bridge(4), ip(4),
ipfirewall(4), ng_ipfw(4), protocols(5), services(5), init(8),
kldload(8), reboot(8), sysctl(8), syslogd(8)
Dummynet has been introduced by Luigi Rizzo in 1997â1998.
Some early work (1999â2000) on the dummynet traffic shaper supported by
Akamba Corp.
The ipfw core (ipfw2) has been completely redesigned and reimplemented by
Luigi Rizzo in summer 2002. Further actions and options have been added
by various developer over the years.
Inâkernel NAT support written by Paolo Pisati â¨piso@FreeBSD.org⊠as part
of a Summer of Code 2005 project.
SCTP nat support has been developed by The Centre for Advanced Internet
Architectures (CAIA) â¨http://www.caia.swin.edu.auâŠ. The primary developâ
ers and maintainers are David Hayes and Jason But. For further informaâ
tion visit: â¨http://www.caia.swin.edu.au/urp/SONATAâŠ
Delay profiles have been developed by Alessandro Cerri and Luigi Rizzo,
supported by the European Commission within Projects Onelab and Onelab2.
BUGS
The syntax has grown over the years and sometimes it might be confusing.
Unfortunately, backward compatibility prevents cleaning up mistakes made
in the definition of the syntax.
!!! WARNING !!!
Misconfiguring the firewall can put your computer in an unusable state,
possibly shutting down network services and requiring console access to
regain control of it.
Incoming packet fragments diverted by divert are reassembled before
delivery to the socket. The action used on those packet is the one from
the rule which matches the first fragment of the packet.
Packets diverted to userland, and then reinserted by a userland process
may lose various packet attributes. The packet source interface name
will be preserved if it is shorter than 8 bytes and the userland process
saves and reuses the sockaddr_in (as does natd(8)); otherwise, it may be
lost. If a packet is reinserted in this manner, later rules may be
incorrectly applied, making the order of divert rules in the rule
sequence very important.
Dummynet drops all packets with IPv6 linkâlocal addresses.
Rules using uid or gid may not behave as expected. In particular, incomâ
ing SYN packets may have no uid or gid associated with them since they do
not yet belong to a TCP connection, and the uid/gid associated with a
packet may not be as expected if the associated process calls setuid(2)
or similar system calls.
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